The Buffalo Bills have several big needs heading into the 2026 NFL Draft. Coming away with an elite wide receiver is tops among those needs. Sitting at 26 may get them that player. However, a wild but brilliant move they could make is trading up for a player like Jordyn Tyson from Arizona State.
Bills trade up for Jordyn Tyson in the 2026 NFL Draft
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The Bills need to come away from the 2026 NFL Draft with a wideout, a pass rusher, a linebacker, and maybe a safety. However, as Bills Mafia learned last season, wide receiver is tops among those needs.
After blasting local radio hosts Jeremy White and Joe DiBiase following the 2025 draft for suggesting Josh Allen needs more pass-catching weapons, Brandon Beane came away from last season with egg on his face. The WR room was woefully subpar last year, and that showed up in several ways during big games.
Buffalo did not have even a 750-yard receiver in 2025. Khalil Shakir was the leading pass catcher with 719 yards, while Keon Coleman (404) and Josh Palmer (303) trailed behind. Late-season additions Gabe Davis and Brandin Cooks were the fourth and fifth-best WRs, with just over 100 yards each.
In the team’s biggest game, the Divisional Round against the Denver Broncos, Shakir had 75 yards while no other WR had more than 20. And in the crucial moments, Cooks let Ja’Quan McMillan rip the ball out of his hands for what would become the turning point of the Bills’ loss.
This offseason saw owner Terry Pegula blast young wideout Keon Coleman in a national press conference, and then Beane traded the team’s 2026 second-round pick to the Chicago Bears for D.J. Moore. While that deal is a step in the right direction, Allen could still use one more weapon on the outside to supercharge the offense this season.
If the Bills stand pat at 26, their WR options are limited. Indiana’s Omar Cooper Jr., Texas A&M’s KC Concepcion, and Washington’s Denzel Boston are the likely options there, and all have question marks about their ceiling at the next level.
To get a higher-end prospect, the Bills will have to trade up to grab one of the Tier 1 WRs, which includes Ohio State’s Carnell Tate, USC’s Makai Lemon, or Arizona State’s Jordyn Tyson. Tate and Lemon will likely come off the board first, as there are questions about Tyson’s injury history. However, at 6-foot-2, 203-pound former Sun Devils star has all the potential to become a true WR1 in the NFL.
Tyson missed time at Colorado with a knee injury, then transferred to ASU. While in Tempe, his 2024 season ended with a broken collarbone, and he sat out several games in 2025 with a hamstring injury. This is a concern for NFL teams, which is why he may drop. But his talent is immense, and working with Arizona State wide receivers coach Hines Ward has made his game more polished and mature.
Tyson, Moore, and Shakir would easily give Allen the best receiver corps he’s ever had. The versatility of these three players, who can all play multiple WR spots in an offense, would also help new head coach and play caller Joe Brady become more creative and less predictable than he was last season.
The problem becomes: how do the Bills trade up for Jordyn Tyson in the 2026 NFL Draft after giving their second-round pick to the Bears?
Tyson’s most likely landing spots come at the 13, 14, and 16 picks. That’s when the Los Angeles Rams, Baltimore Ravens, and New York Jets make their selections. Any of those teams could use a big, potential No. 1 wideout like Tyson. And to get up that far, the Bills would have to give up their 2027 first-round pick.
No team wants to give up its first-round 2027 NFL Draft pick, as next year’s class looks absolutely loaded. Quarterbacks Arch Manning and Dante Moore, along with wide receivers Jeremiah Smith and Ryan Williams, headline the incredible group of draft-eligible players.
Buffalo is in win-now mode, though, and they hope next year’s first-rounder will be in the 30s, if not 32nd. If a player like Tyson can help get them over the hump and reach a Super Bowl, it may be worth it to give that valuable piece of draft capital up.
Is jumping as many as 13 slots in the 2026 NFL Draft a wild idea? For sure. For a GM like Beane who may be on the hot seat and needs to win this season, could moving up for a potential game-changer like Jordyn Tyson be a stroke of brilliance?
Yes, it absolutely could.
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